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Strategies for Combatting Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Bacteria, 3rd Edition

edited by

Bożena Futoma-Kołoch

and Anna Kędziora

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: MDR bacteria; EDR bacteria; novel antimicrobial drugs; novel therapeutical approaches against MDR; novel therapeutical approaches against EDR; guidelines; personalized microbiota; bacteriophages; autovaccine therapy; antimicrobial stewardship

(This special issue belongs to the Section The Global Need for Effective Antibiotics)

Successful Antimicrobial Stewardship Approaches to Address Nosocomial Infections, 2nd Edition

edited by

Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial; resistance; antimicrobial; stewardship

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Efflux Pumps in Bacteria: What They Do and How We Can Stop Them, 2nd Edition

edited by

Tommaso Felicetti

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: new antibiotics; bioactive medicinal agents; classes of antibiotics; antibiotic resistance and misuse; natural antibiotics; microbial efflux pumps; efflux pump inhibitors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiofilm Strategies)

Evolution, Dissemination and Counteraction of Last-Resort Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative Pathogens

edited by

Katarina Novović

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: last-resort antimicrobial resistance; gram-negative pathogens; evolutionary dynamics; horizontal gene transfer; genomic epidemiology; novel therapeutic options

Antimicrobial Stewardship in Older Adults

edited by Elisa Fabbri

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial stewardship; older adults; antimicrobial treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Feature Reviews in Antibiotic Therapy for Infectious Diseases 2026

edited by

Karolina Akinosoglou

and

Mehran Monchi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; antibiotic therapy; infectious diseases; novel antimicrobial agents; alternative therapeutic strategies; antibiotic prescribing; antimicrobial stewardship

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Discovery and Design of New Antimicrobial Agents, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jean Michel Brunel

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial agents; fight resistance; new design; structure– activity relationships (SARs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)

Surveillance and Molecular Diagnosis of Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens: From Laboratory to Clinical Practice

edited by Neena Kanwar

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: clinical microbiology; molecular diagnostics; infectious disease epidemiology; antimicrobial susceptibility; microbial culture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance)

Gram-Positive Cocci: Antimicrobial Resistance, Treatment, Susceptibility, and New Therapeutic Options

edited by

Felipe Piedade Gonçalves Neves

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open

Keywords: Streptococcus spp.; Enterococcus spp.; Staphylococcus spp.; antimicrobial resistance; molecular epidemiology; new therapeutic options

From Epidemiology to Intervention: Addressing the Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms

edited by

Silvia Di Lodovico

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidrug-resistant microorganisms; antimicrobial resistance; epidemiological surveillance; infection prevention and control; antimicrobial stewardship; one health; public health interventions

Natural Peptides to Combat Conventional Antibiotic Resistance

edited by

Christopher Shaw

Tianbao Chen

and

Lei Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12093 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial peptide; peptide modification; antibiotic resistance; structure– activity relationship; membrane selectivity; resistant strains

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Peptides)

Multitalented Synthetic Antimicrobial Compounds: From Design to Effect

edited by

Tsz Tin Yu

and

Maria Fernanda N. N. Carvalho

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10323 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; antibiotic development; the design of antimicrobial compounds; the synthesis of antimicrobial compounds; medicinal chemistry; bioorganic chemistry; antimicrobial properties; the mechanisms of antimicrobial activity; bioinorganic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)

The Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain

edited by

Irene Dini

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6881 | Submission Open

Keywords: food safety; foodborne pathogens; pathways of antimicrobial resistance; antibiotic resistance; phenotypic analyses; molecular analyses; regulatory guidelines; food chemistry

Antimicrobial Resistance: Epidemiology and Implications for Veterinary Medicine

edited by

Bruno de Araujo Penna

and

Eliane De Oliveira Ferreira

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6124 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; One Health; epidemiology; transmission; zoonoses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics in Animal Health)

Antimicrobial Resistance and One Health: New Solutions for an Old Problem?

edited by

David Rodríguez-Lázaro

and

José María Eiros-Bouza

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5004 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; one health; global health; surveillance; primary porduction; food safety; environment health; nosocomial infections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance)

Innovations in Plant-Based Antibiotic and Antiviral Agents

edited by

Margherita-Gabriella De Biasi

and

Irene Dini

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4418 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary metabolites; phytochemicals; botanicals; analytical methods; toxicity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Derived Antibiotics)

Secondary Metabolites from Natural Sources: Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Action and Therapeutic Potential

edited by

Fatima Cerqueira

and

Maria Pia Ferraz

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3404 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary metabolites; bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Derived Antibiotics)

Pharmacist-Led Management of Antimicrobial Treatment

edited by

Doris Rušić

and Lovre Zekan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1511 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial stewardship; community pharmacy; antibiotic resistance; antimicrobial use optimisation; pharmacist intervention; antibiotic prescribing; infectious diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Advances in Antimicrobial Compounds: Exploring Natural, Synthetic, and Repositioned Drugs

edited by

Alessia Carocci

and Alexia Barbarossa

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 868 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial compounds; natural products; synthetic agents; drug repositioning; antimicrobial resistance; synergistic approaches; mechanisms of action; drug development

(This special issue belongs to the Section The Global Need for Effective Antibiotics)

Phage Therapy and Antimicrobial Innovation

edited by Ronen Hazan and

Lilach Gavish

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 837 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); antimicrobial innovation; phage therapy; phage engineering; synergistic strategies; chronic infections; biofilm; clinical phage microbiology; personalized medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacteriophages)

A Public Health Lens on Antibiotic Use: From Prescription to Resistance for ENT Infections

edited by

Palmira Immordino

and

Angelo Immordino

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 680 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; ENT infections; public health; prescribing practices; overuse of antibiotics; diagnostic stewardship; patient education; otolaryngology; infection control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Antimicrobial Biomaterials for Dentistry

edited by

Edith Lara-Carrillo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 661 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobials; dentistry; microorganisms; biomaterials; caries risk; oral environment; epidemiology

Translational Animal Models for Unraveling the Mechanisms of Action of Antimicrobial Peptides and Novel Antibiotics

edited by

Octávio L. Franco

and

Danieli Fernanda Buccini

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); translational research; animal models; preclinical studies; antimicrobial peptides (AMPs); novel antibiotics; pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD); in vivo efficacy; infection models; biofilm

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Peptides)

Honey: Antimicrobial and Anti-Infective Function, 2nd Edition

edited by

Niels Cremers

Juraj Majtan

and

José Miguel Álvarez-Suárez

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial activity; biofilms; infections; clinical applications; honey

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)

From Nature to Laboratory Advances in Bioinspired Antimicrobial Drug Discovery

edited by

Cesar Augusto Roque-Borda

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinspired antimicrobials; natural compounds; antimicrobial peptides; phytochemicals; peptidomimetics; hybrid conjugates; drug discovery; multidrug-resistant bacteria; controlled release; nanocarriers; structure– activity relationship; translational applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Derived Antibiotics)

Alternative Approaches to Treating Antimicrobial Resistant Infections, 4th Edition

edited by

Michal Letek

and

Volker Behrends

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: repurposing; anti-infectives; host-targeted therapies; bacteriophages; predatory bacteria; bacteriocins; antimicrobial peptides; nanoparticles; natural compounds; immunotherapy; probiotics; antibiotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Antimicrobial Treatment and Antibiotic Use in Ophthalmology

edited by

Mark Willcox

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: keratitis; conjunctivitis; antibiotics and combinations; antibiotic stewardship; antibiotic resistance; new therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Antimicrobials in Pediatric Patients

edited by

Raffaele Simeoli

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobials; pediatric patients; neonates; therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM); pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) studies; extracorporeal procedures; PK model-informed studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Drugs)

Urinary Tract Infections and Antibiotic Intervention, 2nd Edition

edited by

Majid Mirzazadeh

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1628 | Submission Open

Keywords: UTI; antibiotic; microbiome; PCR; next-generation sequencing; urine culture; enhanced quantitative urine cultures; urinary sepsis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Antimicrobial Properties of Essential Oils: Activities, Mechanisms, Applications, and Therapeutic Potential

edited by

Eduardo Valarezo

Miguel Ángel Meneses

and Matteo Radice

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8563 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; antibacterial; antifungal; antiviral; ethnopharmacology; multidrug resistance; natural products; resistant strains; volatile secondary metabolites; volatile compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Derived Antibiotics)

Antibiotic Surveillance and Rational Use in Special Populations: Enhancing Stewardship for Vulnerable Groups

edited by

Phumzile P Skosana

and

Filippo Mariano

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4428 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic stewardship; surveillance systems; special populations; rational use of antibiotics; infectious disease management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-Negative Infections: Molecular Epidemiology, Microbiological Diagnosis, and Antimicrobial Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Paolo Gaibani

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2403 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmacodynamics/pharmacokinetics (PK/PD); enterobacterales; carbapenemase; novel molecules; antimicrobial resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Epidemiology and Pathogenomics of the Corynebacterium Genus

edited by

Vasco Azevedo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1771 | Submission Open

Keywords: Corynebacterium; epidemiology; genomics; diagnostic; vaccine; drugs

Advances in Antimicrobial Action and Resistance

edited by

Manuel Simões

Jordi Vila

and

Nicholas Dixon

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 547 | Submission Open

Keywords: resistance; antibiotics; antimicrobials; one health; ethnopharmacology; stewardship; antimicrobial discovery; antimicrobial therapy; antimicrobial research

Emerging Contaminants: Antibiotic Residues and Their Environmental Impact

edited by

Xuxiang Zhang

Liping Ma

and Peng Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; antimicrobial resistance; environmental behavior; environmental pollution; health risk; high-throughput sequencing; resistome; non-target screening

Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens and Novel Control Strategies

edited by

Gabriela Tenea

Efstathios Giaouris

and

Gratiela Pircalabioru

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); foodborne pathogens; One Health; multidrug resistance; food safety; microbial ecology; genomics; metagenomics; bioinformatics; bacteriophages; antimicrobial peptides; probiotics; postbiotics; sustainable control strategies; public health policy

Global Inequities and Supply Challenges in Access to Antibiotics

edited by

Márió Gajdács

and

Maarten Lambert

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic access; drug shortages; health equity; antimicrobial resistance; access to medicines; pharmaceutical supply chain; essential medicines; pharmacoepidemiology; guideline adherence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

After Antibiotics: Dysbiosis and Drug Resistance in Gut Microbiota

edited by

Sercan Karav

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiota; dysbiosis; antibiotic resistance; resistant genes; probiotics and prebiotics; host– microbe interactions; multidrug-resistant bacteria; post-antibiotic recovery; microbial ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Feature Reviews in Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship 2026

edited by

Albert Figueras

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic use; antimicrobial stewardship; antimicrobial consumption; interventions; primary care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Evaluation of Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activities of Plant Essential Oils Against Pathogenic Microorganisms

edited by

Gokhan Zengin

and

Omayma A. Eldahshan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial; antibiofilm; essential oils; volatile compounds; terpenoids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Derived Antibiotics)

New Candidates for the Discovery of Antimicrobial Drugs

edited by

Maya Zaharieva

and

Hristo Najdenski

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; drug discovery; natural antimicrobial compounds; combination effects; novel antimicrobial agents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)

Genomic Analysis of Antimicrobial Drug-Resistant Bacteria, 2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos Rodriguez-Lucas

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial drug resistance; whole-genome sequencing; genomic epidemiology; one health; bacterial pathogens; mobile genetic elements; horizontal gene transfer; phylogenetics; evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetic and Biochemical Studies of Antibiotic Activity and Resistance)

Candida auris and Antifungal Resistance: Epidemiology, Detection, and Therapeutic Challenges

edited by Ibrahim Halil Kilic

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: Candida auris; antifungal resistance; antifungal susceptibility testing; molecular diagnostics; nosocomial fungal infections; MALDI-TOF MS; infection control; multidrug resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance)

Inappropriate Use of Antibiotics in Pediatrics

edited by Brian R. Lee

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 17452 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial stewardship; inappropriate antibiotic prescription; antimicrobial resistance; pediatrics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance of Pathogens Isolated from Animals

edited by

Isabel Carvalho

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7732 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; molecular biology; microbiology; genomics; multi-drug resistance; One Health; animals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics in Animal Health)

Hospital-Associated Infectious Diseases and Antibiotic Therapy

edited by Carola Mauri and

Alessandra Consonni

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5306 | Submission Open

Keywords: hospital-associated infectious diseases; epidemiology; treatment; antibiotic stewardship; antimicrobial resistance; multi-drug resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Veterinary Antibiotics in Food-Producing Animals: Residue Detection, Risk Assessment and Regulatory Advances

edited by

Liliana J.G. Silva

and

Marta Leite

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4709 | Submission Open

Keywords: veterinary drugs; analytical chemistry; food safety; risk assessment; regulatory frameworks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics in Animal Health)

Prevention and Antimicrobial Surveillance of Hospital-Associated Infections

edited by Theodouli Stergiopoulou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4069 | Submission Open

Keywords: infection monitoring; surveillance program; antimicrobial surveillance; healthcare-associated infections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Antimicrobial Resistance and One Health: Environmental Health, Food Safety, and Practice of Health Professionals

edited by

Teresa Letra Mateus

and

Francisco Cortez Nunes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; antibiotic resistance; guidelines compliance; health communication; One Health; public awareness

Antimicrobial Potential of Phytochemicals in the Era of Antibiotic Resistance

edited by

Andrés González

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemicals; medicinal plants; plant extracts; antibiotic resistance; multidrug resistance; pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Derived Antibiotics)

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